Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-02-01 Thread Carey Evans
"Ralf G. R. Bergs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is strange -- I too had a mysterious lockup with the same symptom you > describe, but with 2.2.0 (the release version.). I'm running a 5X86-133 (this > is > a 486 from AMD) on an ASUS PCI/I-SP3. OK, so it might not have been the one-off I t

Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-30 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 18:14:27 +1300, Carey Evans wrote: >Philip Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> ARe you using 2.2.0 with IDE? I found a message on dejanews listing >> severals bugs on include freezing and corruption of certain IDE >> drives. > >Actually, I'm now running 2.2.1 with IDE drive

Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-30 Thread Carey Evans
Philip Thiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ARe you using 2.2.0 with IDE? I found a message on dejanews listing > severals bugs on include freezing and corruption of certain IDE > drives. Actually, I'm now running 2.2.1 with IDE drives. I had one mysterious lockup with -pre8, where new programs

Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-29 Thread Philip Thiem
ARe you using 2.2.0 with IDE? I found a message on dejanews listing severals bugs on include freezing and corruption of certain IDE drives. BTW: I just salvaged my config part ways my source code completely and am re partioning my usr and root directories now. Philip Thiem Carey Evans wrote: >

Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-28 Thread Carey Evans
Richard Kaszeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > The kernel builds fine, but when it boots, it stops at > 'Starting kswapd v 1.5' and the machine hangs. It might be the next thing _after_ kswapd causing the problem. The next kernel message I get after this line is 'Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.

Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-27 Thread Richard Kaszeta
Rafael Kitover writes ("Re: Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66"): >Are you using hamm? slink? "kswapd" is part of the util-linux package, and >according to docs needs the newest version for 2.2, you should get the >util-linux package from potato. (this may or may not be the

Kernel 2.2.0 on a 486DX2/66

1999-01-26 Thread Richard Kaszeta
Well, I've already used 2.2.0 with success on two of my pentiumII machines, so I figured I'd try it out on my 486DX2/66 that I am setting up as a home machine for my janitor. I'm building custom kernels with kernel-package 6.03, and using pristine 2.2.0 source. I've made sure I've built with with